Question

A young person is suffering from cancer in tounge.His tounge is completely removed ,then which of the following situation will describe the person that he will be able to-

• A. Taste sweet & salty.
• B. Not able to taste sweet,but able to taste salty.
• C. Perceive the odour of rose but not able to taste sweet and salt.
• D. Taste sweet and salty , but not perceive to the odour of rose.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Perceive the odour of rose but not able to taste sweet and salt.

There are around 10,000 taste buds present in the tongue. The taste cells or gustatory cells are present in the taste buds. These are majorly present on the tip of your tongue. The taste buds for sweet are present on the tip of the tongue whereas the taste buds for salt are present on the sides of the tongue.

Hence, if the tongue is completely removed, these taste buds are also destroyed. This will result in loss of sweet and salty tastes along with other tastes.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.